Papershift vs Planday

Papershift is cloud-based HR software that combines time tracking, scheduling, and HR management. Its listed features include absence management, payroll processing, applicant tracking, digital personnel files, and internal company chat with AI capabilities. Core includes digital time tracking, absence management, employee profiles, document management, and EU hosting. Premium adds digital rota planning, automatic shift allocation, and multi-site planning; Professional adds automated roster allocation, payroll calculations and exports, and advanced roles and permissions. The plans are $400 a month for Core, $600 a month for Premium, and $900 a month for Professional, each billed per employee per month. Papershift offers a 14-day free trial without payment information, but no free plan. It runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. The marketplace lists integrations such as Personio, EasySecure, bookingkit, Slack, and sevdesk. An API can connect external systems, but users must request activation through the contact form.

Planday provides employee scheduling and workforce-management software for shift-working teams, on the web and on Android and iOS. Scheduling tools cover availability preferences, shift swaps, open and draft shifts, and reusable schedule templates. Workers can use Punch Clock to clock in and out from their devices, with location restrictions and rounding rules. Managers can compare scheduled and worked hours, approve shifts for payroll, and export timesheets through integrations. The mobile app also supports schedule viewing and updates, hour approvals and team communications. Planday connects with payroll, POS and HR systems, including Xero, Personio, Square, Lightspeed and ADP. Customers can configure working-time rules, contract hours and absence policies for automatic application to schedules, with real-time alerts for violations. The Starter plan includes Help Centre and live chat support; Pro includes dedicated phone support through a call-back service. Planday says it serves small, medium and enterprise businesses across industries such as hospitality, care homes, hotels, entertainment, retail, and fitness and wellness. There is no free plan; a 30-day trial is available. Starter costs £2.99 a month, billed per user/month, with a five-user minimum.